A socially-critical curriculum for PETE: students' perspectives on the approaches to social-justice education of one Brazilian programme

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Social justice narratives in academia: challenges, struggles and pleasures PETE educators face in understanding and enacting critical pedagogy in Brazil

Jorge Knijnik et al.

Summary: Research demonstrates the benefits of educating for social justice in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs, enabling student teachers to create a sense of agency and community purpose. The social justice perspective allows PETE educators and student teachers to work together in order to become conscious of power structures in society that lead to social inequities.

SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY (2021)

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Kicking at the habitus: students' reading of critical pedagogy in PETE

Rod Philpot et al.

Summary: This paper reports on a research project exploring how the biographies of 19 physical education teacher education students mediate their understanding of their program with a critical pedagogy philosophy. Using Bourdieuian concepts, the study found that students' readings of the program and its impact on their habitus varied. The findings suggest that students' biographies influenced and were shaped by both coursework and practicum experiences in different ways.

SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY (2021)

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